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2TheLiteratureofColonialAmerica
2TheLiteratureofColonialAmerica
Ⅰ.Fillintheblanks
1.AmongthemembersofthesmallbandofJamestownsettlerswas________,anEnglishsoldieroffortune,whosereportsofexploration,publishedintheearly1600s,havebeendescribedasthefirstdistinctAmericanliteraturewritteninEnglish.
2.Theterm“Puritan”wasappliedtothosesettlerswhooriginallyweredevoutmembersoftheChurchof______.
3._______Collegewasestablishedin1636,withaprintingpresssetupnearlyin1639.
4.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericanwasestablishedat_____,Virginia.
5.______wasafamousexplorerandcolonist.HeestablishedJamestown.
6.JohnSmithpublished_____booksinall.
7.Inthebook_____JohnSmithwrotethat“herenatureandlibertyaffordusthatfreelywhichinEnglishwewant,oritcostsusdearly.”
8.TheGeneralHistoryofVirginiacontainsSmith’smostfamoustaleofhowtheIndianprincessnamed______savedhimfromthewrathofherfather.
9.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe_____valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.
10.TheAmericanpoetswhoemergedintheseventeenthcenturyadaptedthestyleofestablishedEuropeanpoetstothesubjectmatterconfrontedinastrange,newenvironment._______Bradstreetwasonesuchpoet.
11.Bradfordusedaword“_______”todescribethecommunityofbelieverswhosailedfromSouthamptonEngland,ontheMayflowerandsettledinPlymouth,Massachusetts,in1620.
12.In1620,______waselectedGovernorofPlymouth,Massachusetts.
13.From1621untilhisdeath,______probablypossessedmorepowerthananyothercolonialgovernor.
14.Bradford’sworkconsistsoftwobooks.ThefirstbookdealswiththepersecutionsoftheSeparatistsinScrooby,England,thesecondbookdescribesthesingingofthe“______Compact”.
15.TheHistoryofNewEnglandisapricelessgift_____leftus.
16.ThewriterwhobestexpressedthePuritanfaithinthecolonialperiodwas_______.
17.ThePuritanphilosophyknownas______wasimportantinNewEnglandduringcolonialtime,andhadaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmindforseveralgenerations.
18.ManyPuritanwroteverse,buttheworkoftwowriters,AnneBradstreetandEdward______,rosetothelevelofrealpoetry.
19.Beforehisdeath,Jonathan______hadgainedapositionasAmerica’sfirstsystematicphilosopher.
Ⅲ.MultipleChoice.
1.Earlyintheseventeenthcentury,theEnglishsettlementsin________beganthemainstreamofwhatwerecognizeastheAmericannationalhistory.
A.VirginiaandPennsylvaniaB.MassachusettsandNewYork
C.VirginiaandMassachusettsD.NewYorkandPennsylvania
2.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesand_______oftheearlysettlements.
A.journalsB.poetry
C.dramaD.folklores
3.AmongtheearliestsettlersinNorthAmericawereFrenchmenwhosettledintheNortherncoloniesandalongthe_____River.
A.St.LouisB.St.Lawrence
C.MississippiD.Hudson
4.In1620anumberofPuritanscametosettlein________.
A.VirginiaB.Georgia
C.MarylandD.Massachusetts
5.Whosereportsofexploration,publishedintheearly1600s,havebeenregardedasthefirstdistinctAmericanliteraturewritteninEnglish?
A.JohnWinthrop’sB.JohnSmith’s
C.WilliamBradford’sD.ChristopherColumbus’s
6.In1612,JohnSmithpublishedinEnglandabookcalled________.
A.AMapofVirginiawithaDescriptionoftheCountry
B.TheGeneralHistoryofMassachusetts
C.ADescriptionofNewEngland
D.TheEarlyHistoryofPlymouthColony
7.WhatstyledidtheseventeenthcenturyAmericanpoetsadapttothesubjectmatterconfrontedinastrangelynewenvironment?
A.Thestyleoftheirown.
B.ThestylemixedwithEnglandandAmericanelements.
C.Thestylemixedwithnative-AmericanandBritishtradition.
D.ThestyleofestablishedEuropeanpoets.
8.______wasacivilcovenantdesignedtoallowthetemporalstatetoservethegodlycitizen.
A.TheearlyhistoryofPlymouthcolony
B.ThemagnoliaChristiAmerica
C.MayflowerCompact
D.FreedomoftheWill
9.HowmanybooksdidCottonMather,aninexhaustiblewriter,produced?
A.About400.B.About500
C.About600D.About300
10.SomewhereinthemiddleoftheAtlanticOcean______deliveredhissermonAModelofChristianCharity.Itbecamehisimportantwork.
A.JohnWinthropB.MichaelWigglesworth
C.WilliamBradfordD.ThomasHooker
11.______wasregardedasthemosteminentandadmiredministerinthefirstgenerationofNewEnglandPuritans.
A.CottonMatherB.JohnCotton
C.JohnEliotD.EdwardTaylor
12.WhoamongthefollowingtranslatedtheBibleintotheIndiantongue?
A.RogerWilliamsB.JohnEliot
C.CottonMatherD.JohnSmith
13.ThebestofPuritanpoetswas______,whosecompleteeditionofpoemsappearedin1960,morethantwohundredyearsafterhisdeath.
A.AnneBradstreetB.MichaelWigglesworth
C.ThomasHookerD.EdwardTaylor
14.EnglishliteratureinAmericaisonlyaboutmorethan________yearsold.
A.500B.600
C.200D.100
15.Theearlyhistoryof________ColonywasthehistoryofBradford’sleadership.
A.PlymouthB.Jamestown
C.NewEnglandD.mayflower
16.WhichstatementaboutCottonMatherisnottrue?
A.HewasagreatPuritanhistorian.
B.Hewasaninexhaustiblewriter.
C.Hewasaskillfulpreacherandaneminenttheologian.
D.HewasagraduateofOxfordCollege.
17.JonathanEdwards’bestandmostrepresentativesermonwas_________.
A.ATrueSightofSin
B.SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod
C.AModelofChristianCharity
D.God’sDeterminations
18.Whichwriterisnotapoet?
A.MichaelWigglesworthB.AnneBradstreet
C.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasHooker
19.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe________.
A.revolutionismB.reason
C.individualismD.rationalism
20.AnneBradstreetwasapuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecomeknownasthe“_______”whoappearedinAmerica.
A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuse
C.BestMuseD.FirstMuse
21.Theship“_______”carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.
A.SunflowerB.Armada
C.MayflowerD.Titanic
22.WhichwriterbestexpressedthePuritansenseoftheself?
A.JonathanEdwards.B.IncreaseMather.
C.JohnSmith.D.ThomasHooker.
23.Before______theAmericannewspaperswereculturalandliteraryinnature,butafterthistime,theybecomemorepolitical.
A.1620B.1700
C.1775D.1750
Ⅴ.Identification.
2.Identifythepoem.
Iheardthemerrygrasshopperthensing,
Theblack-cladcricketbearasecondpart,
Theykeptonetune,andplayedonthesamestring,
Seemingtogloryintheirlittleart.
Shallcreaturesabjectthustheirvoiceraise?
Andintheirkindresoundtheirmaker’spraise,
WhilstI,asmite,canwarbleforthnohigherlays?
“UnderthecoolingshadowofastatelyElm,
ClosestateIbyagoodlyRiver’sside,
WhereglidingstreamstheRocksdidoverwhelm;
Alonelyplacewithpleasuresdignifi’d.
Ioncethatlov’dtheshadywoodssowell,
Nowthoughttheriversdidthetreesexcel,
AndifthesunwouldevershinetherewouldIdwell.
“Whilemusingthuswithcontemplationfed,
Andthousandfanciesbuzzinginmybrain,
Thesweettongu’dPhilomelperchto’ermyhead,
Andchantedforthamostmelodiousstrain,
Whichraptmesowithwonderanddelight,
Ijudg’dmyhearingbetterthanmysight,
Andwishtmewingswithherawhiletomyflight.”
Questions:
(1)ThisistakenfromtheContemplationswrittenbyanearlyAmericanwomanwriter.Whatishername?
(2)Makeabriefcommentonthisshortpoem.
3.Identifytheexcept.Makeabriefcommentonthisexcept.
“Thecloudsgatheringthickuponus,andthewindssingingandwhistlingmostunusually,...adreadfulstormandhideousbegantoblowfromouttheNortheast,whichswellingandroaringasitwerebyfits,somehourswithmoreviolencethanothers,atlengthdidbeatalllightfromheaven,whichlikeanhellofdarkness,turnedblackuponus…
“Prayersmightwellbeintheheartandlips,butdrownedintheoutcriesoftheOfficers,—nothingheardthatcouldgivecomfort,nothingseenthatmightencouragehope…
“TheseaswelledabovetheCloudsandgavebattleuntoheaven.
“SirGeorgeSummersbeinguponthewatch,hadanapparitionofalittleroundlight,likeafaintstar,tremblingandstreamingalongwithasparkingblaze,halftheheightfromthemainmast,andshootingsometimesfromshrouds,andforthreeorfourhourstogether,orrathermore,halfthenightitkeptwithus,runningsometimesalongthemainyardtotheveryend,andthenreturning…
“ItbeingnowFriday,thefourthmorning,itwantedlittlebutthattherehadbeenageneraldeterminationtohaveshutuphatchesandcommendingoursinfulsoulstoGod,committedtheshiptothemercyofthesea.”
4.Identifythepoem.
“ThekinglyLionandthestrong-armedBear,
Thelarge-limbedMooses,withthetrippingDeer;
Quill-dartingPorcupinesandRaccoonsbe
Castledinthehollowofanagedtree;
TheskippingSquired,Rabbit,purblindHare,
Immuredintheself=samecastleare.
“ConcerninglionsIwillnotsaythatIeversawanymyself,butsomeaffirmthattheyhaveseenalionatCapeAnn,whichisnotabovesixleaguesfromBoston;somelikewisebeinglostinwoodshaveheardsuchterribleroaringsashavemadethemmuchaghast:
whichmusteitherbedevilsorlions;therebeingnoothercreatureswhichusetoroarsavingbears,whichhavenotsuchaterriblekindofroaring.”
Questions:
(1)Thenameofthepoemis________.
(2)Brieflyintr
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